The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-21
DETROITS AGAIN DEFEATED
The Home Team by Fine Playing Is the
Winner of Closely Contested Game.
The Young Blood Of the Nine Shows Its Worth
in Batting and Fieiding-Other League
aud Association Contests.

Over four thousand people saw great game
nf baseball at Athletic Park yesterday after
noon. and at it's conclusion an equal number of
more wildly excited delighted people could not
have been found in gathering
the tootstool By absolutely perfect field
play, the Indianapolis players sue
seeded again defeating the League
leaders, and not only did they defeat the play
srs opposed to them, but vanqnished Umpire
Brennan and overcame the odds of bad luck
As well. They played with
dash and enthusiasm seldom wit
messed, and from the moment the
irst ball pitched until the
last Detroiter was put out in the ninth inning
the interest never allowed to flag. Umpire
Valentine Ill TO officiate and John Bren-
nan, of local rerown, was substituted. There 10
no doubt but that he wanted to be fair. Just and
correct in his decisions. but he was
as unquestionably off in several
of them. and without exception Indianapolis
suffered. The crowd wildly incensed at
number of his decisions and there was good
cause for dissatisfaction, but in spite OF all the
odds against them the home team won, to the
delight Of its admirers and the undis-
euised disgust of Manager Watkins. who
have the hemisphere if he could
coax Brennan into giving it to him. Young
Leitner did the pitching for Indianapolis, and
did some great work, especially at critical points
IN the game. Three times the visitors had men
IN first and second bases with but one man out.
when base-hit would have won the
game, but Leirner was equal to the
emergency, and prevented the necessary
nit. In the first inning he was
noticeably nervous and excited and his condition
probably accounted for the two runs then
secured. Richardson opened the game with
Dagger to the left field fence. and scored on
Thompson's single after Brouthers and Rowe
had retired on flies to Brown in middle field.
A double by White enabled Thompson to
score, but the inning ended with
Twitchelrs out froSa Glasscock to
Shomberg After this S4~itner seemed to
have recovered himself compile tely, and, except
in the seventh, no two nits were made in any one
inning. In the fourth Bennett scored on home
run hit over the left-ield fence after two men
were out. The seventh inning found Detroit
with three runs and Indianapolis with IN
broken string of ciphers and when Myers went
out to Rowe and Hackett took up the bat the pros-
poets were not fiattering. But Myrtle" proved
his smuggling abilities by duplicating Benefits
effort and knocking the ball left field fence,
gallopine across the plate amid the cheers Of
the crowd. Several dollars in silver rewarded
his effort. Leitner followed with fine single
to right, and Brown sent him around to third
a two-base hit to left. Glasscock sent to
Richardson which the latter considerably fun
bled, and Leitner scored on the error. Brown
was caught at third on attempting to move up a
base Seery's force hit. Brouthers's muff of
bail feded by Rowe gave Denny life and
filled the bases with Shomberg at the bat
Gruoer got ratified and lost control OF
and forcing Glasscock home With the bases still
full hit by Bassett could have the game,
but he sent up easy one to Hanlon and re-
tired the side In the Detroits' half of the inn
ing the visitors again took the lead. Hanlon
led off with foul down the right field line and
decision that the ball was foul a
great wrangle ensued, which consumed several
minutes valuable time, and in which Manager
Watkins took an active part, but Brennan very
properly refused to recede from his position and
Hanlon recalled. After this. however. he
hit safely for base and stole to second. Ben
nett got his base balls. but was retired at
second double play, which Cru
Der was also caught at first. Rich
ardson followed with a long drive to
left for three bases and Hanlon scored Brouth-
got mis- base on balls and stole second, but
Rowe left both men on bases by going out on a
fly to Myers in right The arrival of the ninth
inning therefore found Indianapolis needing one
to tie and two to win Brown went out fly
to Richardson, but Gruber hit Glasscock with
the Dali ana sent MIN TO MS base. A
moment later one Of the rankest decisions of the
game retired him q steal to second where he
should have been declared safe. With two men
out, Seery followed with a three base hit to right
field and Jerry Denny, the "Od Reliable"
brought him home with single past Rowe,
whereat the crowd went frantic. A balk by
Gruber gave Denny second, and clever steal
gave him his third. Rowe then fumbled Shom-
bergs nit, and Denny scored the winning run.
Bassett could not hit the ball safely, and went
out to Richardson. For Detroit, Hanlon
retired by Glasscock to Shomberg, Bennett got
his base on balls. and Gruber struck out Rich
ardson made foul tip, which Hackett caught,
retiring the side. but Brennan refused
to allow the claim and called E.
strike, giving the visitors another life,
Glasscock's fine stop of Richardson's next
bali shut him off at first and Wet DRY perched
the banners of the Hoosers. Brennan's umpiring
was against the home club all along. In the
eighth inning he declared Myers out at second
when Richardson dropped the ball thrown to
him by Bennett and allowed it to COLL ten feet
away from him. The game on it's
merits and by the hardest kind OF playing. The
detailed score is follows:
INDIANAPOLIS. DETROIT